Chapter 55: Emotional Benefits of Business Practices

"Michael Ovitz, is that Michael Ovitz?"

Abel hung up,

Jessica, who had been holding back and didn't make a sound just now,

Finally couldn't help but ask in a whisper.

"That's Michael Ovitz." Abel replied with a smile.

Jessica's plump lips squirmed, wanting to say something, but she didn't.

Abel knew exactly what she wanted to say.

"Are you wondering why Michael Ovitz called me?" He asked.

Jessica nodded obediently: "If I can say, I'm really curious."

Honey, your main business is on Wall Street, right?

How could it be related to Michael Ovitz? ”

Although three years ago, Michael Ovitz was kicked away by Disney.

But before that, Michael Ovitz's status in the entertainment industry was really in full swing.

He is also the founder, president, and chairman of CAA, and the president of Disney.

These two identities, any one of them can be regarded as a first-class giant in Hollywood.

He once had both identities.

To put it bluntly, Michael Ovitz at that time was almost half the king of Hollywood

Three years have passed, and Michael Ovitz is in the entertainment industry.

I didn't make much splash though.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.

More than 20 years of prestige and fame in the entertainment industry.

Let Michael Ovitz remain one of the prominent figures in the American entertainment industry even now.

Jessica, an eighteenth-tier star, heard her boyfriend.

To go to such a gathering of big names in the entertainment industry, of course she will have some reactions.

It's like Anne Hathaway at the time, when she heard that her boyfriend had become a shareholder of CAA.

Curious and excited.

Abel thought for a while, smiled softly and said, "I remember that your brokerage contract was signed at Endeavor Entertainment, right?" ”

Jessica nodded: "At the moment, it is, mainly my dad, who knows a management member of Endeavour Entertainment. That's why I signed up for the company. ”

It is also a related household.

People like Jessica and Annie became famous at a young age in Hollywood.

Except for those who are extremely lucky, there is hardly a single one who is not a relation.

And the Endeavor company in her mouth is a medium-sized brokerage company in the United States.

Compared with the current four major entertainment brokerage companies of CAA, WME, UTA, and ICM, Endeavour, which was founded in 1898, is a small role at this time.

However, after 2005, with the advent of streaming media and the Internet.

Seize the tuyere of the times and become the endeavor of the pig on the tuyere.

Later, it became the No. 1 entertainment agency in the United States.

But this is a matter for the future, and the current strength of Endeavor is indeed much inferior to the Big Four.

Jessica has always wanted to change agencies.

It's just that she hasn't become famous yet, and the Big Four have little interest in her.

She herself was reluctant to break the contract and pay forfeifty liquidated damages.

And so it dragged on.

"Michael Ovitz invited me to this party, and Emmanuel will attend."

Abel said.

"Emmanuel?" Jessica's pretty eyes widened at the sight of the name.

"Is that Ariel Zev Emmanuel? The chairman of Endeavour Entertainment? ”

"Yes." Abel nodded, "And David Geffing, you should have heard of that name." ”

"David Geffen, the G in SKG?"

"That's right."

The three letters SKG are the abbreviation of DreamWorks Studios, the first independent film company in Hollywood and the American entertainment industry, which is powerfully challenging Hollywood giants.

S stands for Steven Spielberg, a director who can now hold James Cameron in 2000.

K stands for Jeffrey Katzenberg, another Hollywood bigwig, but he's famous in the cartoon world.

G is David Geffen, a top Hollywood producer and businessman.

"David Geffen and Emmanuel will be attending this gathering initiated by Ovitz." Abel said.

He only named two of Hollywood's biggest names.

And it didn't say that Michael Ovitz was the first to speak Mr. Bloomberg.

Although Bloomberg is now very rich.

But he has not yet become the mayor of New York, and his fame is not very great among ordinary people.

But in fact, strictly speaking, David Geffen, Emmanuel and others can't double their wealth by doubling their combined wealth.

"Oh my God." Jessica couldn't help but cover her beautiful plump lips, "A Hollywood mogul party? ”

There's Michael Ovitz, there's David Geffen, there's Emmanuel.

The Vanity Fair dinner after the Oscars sometimes doesn't gather these people.

Now that they're all here, isn't it a Hollywood mogul party?

"So to speak." Abel said with a smile.

Jessica is tempted to say now that she wants to go to this party.

But after a few months of getting along, she already knows her boyfriend's character.

Her boyfriend didn't speak, she didn't dare to say what she thought.

She had to look at him with pretty eyes, with an expectant look.

Abel naturally understood what she was thinking.

Because of such a banquet, no Hollywood actor can refuse.

This is the position of the food chain, and the Hollywood giant is higher than those big-name directors and A-coffee superstars.

Their level of existence is itself the top of Hollywood.

Attend such a party, even if nothing happens.

spread out, and it can also invisibly improve the quality and status of actors and stars.

Jessica, an eighteenth-tier star, is strange if she is not impressed.

"Not this time." Abel shook his head and said, "Because I'm here to talk about business, I have a business to talk to them." None of us bring female companions. ”

Hearing this, Jessica's eyes darkened a little.

Then he was curious: "Talking about business? ”

Could it be that his financial tycoon boyfriend wants to invest in the entertainment industry?

Otherwise, how can you talk about business with these people.

"That's right. I'm going to buy CAA, and these people have a stake in CAA. Abel wasn't afraid to tell her.

Anyway, Anne's side knew.

In fact, letting them know in advance is more likely to be the "insurance" of the relationship between the two parties.

“CAA! Are you talking about that CAA, that innovative elite culture? ”

Jessica's voice grew louder for the first time.

Able knew she would react this way.

Because it was in Charlie Brown's pizzeria.

Anne's reaction was much the same.

Afterwards, she became more obsessed with Abel.

After all, although the boyfriend of a Wall Street tycoon is rich and rich, he is very good.

But for girls who want to be top stars in Hollywood.

A Hollywood tycoon boyfriend is naturally more attractive.

If this boyfriend is a Hollywood tycoon and a Wall Street mogul at the same time.

That's even more wonderful.

Isn't it?

That's what Jessica thinks now, the same way Anne thought at the time.

"That's right. In fact, long before that.

I am already the largest shareholder of CAA. Able smiled.

The main purpose of acquiring CAA was to enter the American media industry.

This is the ultimate goal.

But in the process, this behavior can strengthen his relationship with the "delicate" hidden by the two golden houses.

This can be regarded as a kind of benefit in a certain sense of this business behavior.